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Company Culture Can Pull Founders Apart

So you have put your Minimum Viable Product up, and a few users have latched on to it. Enough to know you won't fail, and you actually have to build a team. Here is perhaps your greatest chance of failure.READ»

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iFive: Groupon's Funding, Paul Allen Sues Apple, Oldest Human in Israel?, California's Sun Power, Billy the Kid's Pardon

2011 is here in just a few days, but there's still some innovating to be done in 2010--so on to today's early tech news:READ»

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Judge Dismisses Billionaire Paul Allen's Suit Against Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen mounted a surprise offensive against an all-star cast of defendants: Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, YouTube, and many more. But today his suit was dismissed.READ»

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Have We Reached the Software Patent Tipping Point?

We've shifted into a new zone in the world of software patent stupidity. Oracle sued Google over a series of Java-related patents and Paul Allen sued 11 major software companies. This behavior is an absurd abuse of the patent system. It's a massive tax on innovation.READ»

Microsoft's Paul Allen Sues Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, and Your Mom

Paul Allen: billionaire, philanthropist, industrialist, Microsoft co-founder...litigator. Today Allen, who rocketed to fortune with Bill Gates, filed suit against Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook...breathe, breathe...Netflix, ...READ»

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iFive: Success in the Gulf, Google Results, Goldman Sachs' $550 Million Fine, Paul Allen's Generosity, Facebook Murder Saga

While you were sleeping last night, innovation was stealing your ideas as you dreamed, making huge amounts of money, and then being forced to hand it over in fines.1. The cap on the Deepwater oil leak seems to be holding, but BP is ...READ»

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Proto-PC Inventor Henry Edward (Ed) Roberts, Inspiration for Microsoft, 1941-2010

Ed Roberts, creator of an early precursor to the PC, was cited by Bill Gates and Paul Allen as an inspiration for the founding of Microsoft. Roberts died today, at age 68.READ»

Embrace Your Small Ideas for Big Impacts

Nothing can kill innovation faster than the performance anxiety that results from outsized ambition. An ode to the little ideas that matter.READ»

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Nanovor, a New Game That Will Lunch on Kids Everywhere

Caveat parentis: Nanovor is coming. Something akin to the Pokemon phenomenon, it may soon sweep the world, seizing kids in its grip and voraciously sucking cash from your wallet. The secret sauce is in the game's online/real world ...READ»

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Seattle: City of the Year

The capital of the Pacific Northwest is blessed with divine geography, frontier spirit, and an abundance of both artists and geeks. Plus, it's not even that rainy.READ»